After what has been an initial year of many firsts for us at Performance Pickleball RVA, we invite you again to join us for the first-ever Atlantic Union Bank Open to be held on the weekend of November 8th-10th! The tournament marks the final and year-ending tournament in our major-tournaments calendar for 2024 and our first tournament using DUPR since the announcement of the partnership between Pickleball Inc. and the United Pickleball Association (UPA) and DUPR.

This non-sanctioned tournament will be held at the all-new Performance Pickleball RVA premier indoor pickleball facility in Henrico, VA. There will be Skill & Age Divisions in Men's and Women's Singles, Men's and Women's Doubles, and Mixed Doubles.

19+, 35+, 50+, 60+

(minimum age to participate is 12; please contact us for exceptions)

2.5 (Mixed Doubles only), 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0 (35+ & 50+ only), Open

The tournament will also feature Open Divisions within each of the Men's, Women's and Mixed events with Prize Money awarded to the top 3 teams/players in each Open Division event. Medal matches in the Open Divisions will be livestreamed and broadcasted each day on the Performance Pickleball YouTube page.

Matches will take place on 12 state-of-the-art dedicated indoor pickleball courts at Performance Pickleball RVA. Medals will be awarded to the top 3 teams/players in each bracket.

Men's & Women's Singles

Wheelchair Coed Singles

Men's & Women's Doubles

Wheelchair Coed Doubles

Mixed Doubles

Wheelchair Hybrid Coed Doubles

Cancellation Deadline for a Full Refund is Sunday 10/20/24

All Registration closes on Thursday 10/31/24 - EXTENDED THROUGH SUNDAY 11/3/24!

Registration is $45 during the Early Registration Period which ends on Saturday 8/31/24. Registration will be $55 starting on Sunday 9/1/24.

The registration fee is per player and includes a free tournament t-shirt and other tournament sponsor giveaways. Please be sure to indicate your shirt size during the registration process. Late or last-minute registrants may not be guaranteed a t-shirt and/or desired shirt size, so be sure to sign up early!

Event fees are $15 per event for all Skill & Age events and $30 per event for all Open Division events. There will also be a Pickleball Brackets non-refundable service fee of $5 per event or a maximum of $10 when registering for 2 or more events.

For doubles events, priority will be given to teams that have both partners registered and paid. Teams with only one partner registered and paid and teams with no designated partner will be waitlisted. To secure your spot in a doubles bracket, please make sure that both you and your partner are registered and paid.

This is a non-sanctioned tournament, but we will be following USAP 2024 rules.

All Skill & Age brackets will be Round Robin with a Single Elimination bracket round and/or Medal matches to be played immediately following the completion of Round Robin play.

Round Robin matches will be either best 2/3 games to 11 win by 2 or 1 game to 15 win by 2 or 1 game to 11 win by 2 depending on the size of the bracket and/or pools. Gold Medal matches will be best 2/3 games to 11 win by 2. Bronze Medal matches will be best 2/3 games to 11 win by 2 or 1 game to 15 win by 2.

Open Division brackets will be Double Elimination. Double Elimination bracket matches will be best 2/3 games to 11 win by 2 in the Winners' Bracket and 1 game to 15 win by 2 in the Consolation Bracket. Teams/players in the Consolation Bracket will have a chance to advance back into the medal rounds. Gold Medal matches will be best 2/3 games to 11 win by 2 with a Tiebreaker match, if necessary, being 1 game to 15 win by 2. Bronze Medal matches will be 1 game to 15 win by 2.

All Adaptive/Wheelchair Divisions will be coed, meaning that doubles teams may consist of any combination of men's, women's or mixed pairings. Likewise, the singles bracket will consist of both men's and women's players.

The Wheelchair Coed Singles and the Wheelchair Coed Doubles divisions will consist of teams of all wheelchair players. The Wheelchair Hybrid Coed Doubles division will consist of teams with one wheelchair player and one standing player.

The wait is over, DUPR is finally here! The rating used for this tournament will be DUPR and all match scores and results will be automatically entered into DUPR. Please be sure to connect your DUPR account to your Pickleball Brackets account to ensure reporting accuracy.

Please click on the following links to claim or create a DUPR account and for instructions on how to connect your DUPR account to your Pickleball.com account (which is also your Pickleball Brackets account):

Skill & Age groups may be combined at the discretion of the Tournament Director to create brackets as needed based on the number of registered teams/players. The Tournament Director also reserves the right to adjust the bracket and match formats as necessary.

The Cancellation Deadline is Sunday 10/20/24. Full refunds less the Pickleball Brackets non-refundable service fees will be given through this date. After this date, there will be no refunds for cancellations or withdrawals. For any extenuating circumstances or situations, please contact the Tournament Director for approval.

Prize Money will be awarded to the top 3 teams/players in each of the Open Division events.

$6,000 Prize Money Pool Guaranteed! Payout amounts and distribution will be based upon final bracket size.

Men's Doubles OPEN

Mixed Doubles OPEN

Women's Doubles OPEN

Men's Singles OPEN

Women's Singles OPEN

This tournament will be held indoors at Performance Pickleball RVA and will go on rain, cold or shine!